October 30, 2024: A significant fire broke out at Shopping Mall 25 in the Brás district of São Paulo this morning, Wednesday, October 30, 2024. The blaze prompted the deployment of at least 13 fire trucks and 40 firefighters to combat the flames. To assist with the firefighting efforts, the Military Police closed several streets in the area. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #960 Story of the Week: Published: TUESDAY October 29, 2024: ‘A DROP IN THE OCEAN: Gaza Mercy Flights’ by ZUMA photographer Sadak Souici for French magazine ‘Le Nouvel Obs’ followed the evacuation of around forty children from the besieged Palestinian enclave. Traumatized, seriously injured, they are treated urgently in hospitals in Abu Dhabi. Children in Gaza are dying in pain for want of emergency treatment as a result of Israeli authorities approving fewer of them for medical evacuation, the UN stated. Whereas before almost 300 children were being evacuated a month, that number is now closer one per day, with medics waiting in vain for security approvals from Israel controlling exits from Gaza including these mercy flights to UAE. But the Emirates does not recognize refugee status and so for the children who are evacuated nobody knows what will become of them nor if they will ever be able to see Gaza again. Welcome to ‘A DROP IN THE OCEAN: Gaza Mercy Flights’ .
Scott Mc Kiernan presents zReportage.com Issue #959 Story of the Week: Published: TUESDAY October 22, 2024: ‘HAITI: Forgotten Crisis’ by ZUMA Press represented Miami Herald’s photographer Jose A. Iglesias: Ravaged by violence and poverty, one of the most beautiful, yet poorest countries in the world clings to the hope that things will get better. Haiti has become paralyzed as violent gangs clash over territory. The country has faced years of instability, but the situation has worsened since the July 2021 assassination of President Moise. It created a power vacuum which increased the influence of armed gangs. It is estimated they now control up to 80 percent of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Today in some of the most desperate areas of Haiti people live in near-famine conditions. Welcome to ‘HAITI: Forgotten Crisis’ . zumapress #zreportage #journalism #photojournalism #photostory #reportage #haitiforgottencrisis #haiti